Architecture, A Public Engagement with: Purpose, Poetry, Place, Prospect, Program, Principle, Process

The purpose of the Times Square Civic Center is to deal with the street as a living, breathing member of the community just as the street was treated in the Old Town of the 18th Century. The Times Square Civic Center demonstrates ways in which architecture engages its public by allowing visitors to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Youssef, Lyndl Thorsen
Other Authors: Architecture
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/35089
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09172005-115634/
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Summary:The purpose of the Times Square Civic Center is to deal with the street as a living, breathing member of the community just as the street was treated in the Old Town of the 18th Century. The Times Square Civic Center demonstrates ways in which architecture engages its public by allowing visitors to take part in its identification, function and composition as it takes on the aspect of a gentleman. === Master of Architecture